Tracer is the public bus system for the city of
Tracy, California
Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 93,000 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Tracy is located inside a geographic triangle form ...
.
Unique among transit agencies, since 2002 the service operates as
free public transport
Free public transport, often called fare-free public transit or zero-fare public transport, refers to public transport funded in full by means other than by collecting fares from passengers. It may be funded by national, regional or local gover ...
every April and December.
Operations
The service provides seven circulator routes. The buses are designated by letters A through G.
Fares range from free to $1.50 depending on the category.
Most routes operate from approximately 7 AM to 7 PM weekdays and 9 AM to 5 PM on 30–60 minute headways.
Service is provided to the
Tracy ACE station and to
West Valley Mall.
Major hubs for this bus system are
Tracy Transit Center with connections to
San Joaquin Regional Transit District
San Joaquin Regional Transit District (known as "San Joaquin RTD" or simply as RTD) is a transit district that provides bus service to the city of Stockton, California and the surrounding communities of Lodi, Ripon, Thornton, French Camp, La ...
(RTD) bus lines to neighboring communities in addition to
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc. (commonly known as simply Greyhound) operates the largest intercity bus service in North America, including Greyhound Mexico. It also operates charter bus services, Amtrak Thruway services, commuter bus services, and pac ...
and
Amtrak Thruway Bus services. The service's second hub is at Walmart and provides intercity connections to
Stockton through RTD. The Tracer line A connects with
Amtrak Thruway
Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains. In most cases these are dedicated motorcoach routes, but can also be non-dedicated intercity bus services, transi ...
buses at the Tracy Amtrak Bus Stop at Clover Road near I-205 and Tracy Boulevard. Line 6 runs six daily trips in either direction between
Stockton and
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...
while line 34 twice daily trips to
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
.
Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 34
San Joaquin RTD operates commuter service between Stockton and Dublin/Pleasanton BART station via Tracy on line 150.
Routes
Commuter Routes operate Monday to Friday only. There is no service on Sundays.
References
External links
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Tracy, California
Bus transportation in California
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